<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/treating-addiction-by-overcoming-stigma.html" dsn="news"><title>Treating Addiction by Overcoming Stigma</title><item_date>05/22/2017 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Sue O'Connol, NECN</author><image><img src="/news/images/necn-moving-beyond-stigma.png" alt="Treating Addiction by Overcoming Stigma"/></image><image_caption/><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/necn-moving-beyond-stigma.png" alt="Treating Addiction by Overcoming Stigma"/></thumbnail><summary>“As more people become better informed that substance use is an illness of the brain and not a moral failing, then will we be able to move toward a collective</summary><category>In the News</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the News</tag></tags></item>